Sign Language
The town’s artistic signature—banged out in glowing longhand—flickers at the Neon Boneyard (770 Las Vegas Blvd. North), a collection of rescued hotel and casino signs with enough wattage to power Casino’s opening credits.

Art of Graft
Tony the Ant and Lefty Rosenthal may be exhibits A and B in the new Mob Museum (300 E. Stewart Ave.), but there’s something for everyone, from interior designers (a bloodstained wall via the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre) to hairstylists (the barber’s chair where Albert Anastasia was clipped).

Shoot to Thrill
An Omerta-free gaming history chomps your quarters at the Pinball Hall of Fame (1610 E. Tropicana Ave.), which houses 250 machines that relate their own sad stories on placards, like this one describing the 1948 game Lady Robin Hood: “Runaway hit forgotten on the heels of ‘Humpty Dumpty.’”